PUBLISHED BY DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, INC. 1960 

 Garden City, New York 



SECOND PRINTING 1961 

 PLANNED AND PRODUCED BY CHANTICLEER PRESS, INC., NEW YORK 



THE WORLD OF NATURE SERIES 



Living Mammals of the World bv Ivan T. Sanderson 

 Living Reptiles of the World by Karl P. Schmidt 



and Robert F. Inger 

 Living Birds of the World by E. Thomas Gilliard 

 Living Insects of the World by Alexander B. Klots 



and Elsie B. Klots 

 The Lower Animals: Living Invertebrates of the 



World by Ralph Buchsbaum and Lorus J. Milne, 



in collaboration with Mildred Buchsbaum 



and Margery Milne 

 Living Fishes of the World by Earl S. Herald 

 Living Amphibians of the World by Doris M. Cochran 



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